Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show

David Mooney is joined by Kieran Clarke and Paul Atherton to discuss a second excellent week in a row! Following the 2-1 win over West Brom and the 1-0 victory against PSG, we take a look at the talking points from the two matches - and consider some players who have played very well after difficult City careers so far. Sam Roscoe looks at whether or not the Blues are coming of age in the Champions League, Howard Hockin takes on media bias, and we cast an eye ahead to games with Chelsea and to Newcastle. We even manage to squeeze in some ticket price discussion.

Rob Pollard speaks to the Chief Football Correspondent at the Independent, Mark Ogden, to talk Pep Guardiola and the Champions League.

Sam Roscoe reflects on quite a good week for City, in the company of Richard Burns and Dan Burke from Yahoo Sports and Typical City respectively. We talk about City’s big win against Bournemouth and assess the impact and the talking points of the 2-2 draw with PSG. David Mooney examines the links between City and PSG, while Rob Pollard catches up with Chief Football Correspondent at the Independent Mark Ogden to discuss the Champions League and Pep Guardiola. In all of that, we also look ahead to the tie on Saturday with West Brom.

It’s a crucial week for Manchester City. The Blues face a tough test in Bournemouth in their battle to stay in the top four - and we remember Kevin Horlock’s bizarre ‘aggressive walking’ sending off at Dean Court on City’s last visit there, getting the referee’s side of the story too. After that, it’s a tough task in Paris for the first leg of the tie with PSG. Howard Hockin takes on Manuel Pellegrini and youth progression, and we discuss some of the biggest MCFC news stories of the week.

There might be no game for City this weekend, but it’s certainly not a quiet week! Sam Roscoe steers the good ship Blue Moon Podcast, with guests Richard Burns and Howard Hockin, talking over the defeat to Manchester United. David Mooney speaks to Kevin Parker, the general secretary of the City Supporters Club, over the issue of £60 tickets for the match with PSG, and we discuss whether a walk-out would be a good idea. We catch up with Nick Cushing, as MCWFC’s season gets underway with a victory over Notts County.

Rob Pollard talks Manuel Pellegrini, Raheem Sterling and City’s season with the Telegraph’s Chief Football Writer, Sam Wallace.

Sam Roscoe takes charge of the show in the week where City specialised in 0-0 stalemates - and he's joined by Richard Burns and Paul Atherton to discuss the talking points from the bore draws. City's title race seems all but over and they're now in a battle to hang on to their Champions League status, especially with another injury to Vincent Kompany. Despite that, the Blues are into the last eight of the European competition. Howard Hockin returns to pour scorn on the week and Rob Pollard catches up with Chief Football Writer at the Daily Telegraph Sam Wallace to talk about Raheem Sterling's impact at Eastlands.

David Mooney is joined by The Manchester Evening News reporter Rob Pollard and Gaz, @burnagedaydream on Twitter, to talk through the issues of the week. A 4-0 win against Villa puts City’s top four credentials back into line - but where did it leave Wilfried Bony? How is David Silva coping under the burden of all the creative midfield? And what did the win do for City’s title challenge? Sam Roscoe also speaks to Jim Glennie and Saul Davies from the band James about growing up as a City fan, while we look ahead to matches with Norwich and Dynamo Kiev - can City get their first back-to-back Premier League wins since October? We also squeeze in some discussion on ticket prices.

In a contrasting week, David Mooney is joined by Typical City’s Dan Burke and former MCFC Club Journalist Alex Porter, currently with the Huddersfield Examiner, to talk through the highs of the League Cup Final win and the lows of the defeat at Anfield three days later. Is the top four under threat? Can City get back into the title race? Is Manuel Pellegrini’s position even safe, despite Pep Guardiola coming in next summer? We seek to answer all of these questions. Also on the show, Howard Hockin looks at the manager’s decision to start Willy Caballero in the cup final, while Sam Roscoe looks at a previous Wembley penalty shoot-out from 1999. We look ahead to the match with Aston Villa and take your questions too.

Controversy always reigns at Manchester City and Sam Roscoe is joined by ESPN’s David Mooney and Yahoo Sports’s Richard Burns to debate whether Manuel Pellegrini’s decision to heavily rotate his team for the 5-1 loss at Chelsea was vindicated with the 3-1 win at Dynamo Kiev. We speak to Tony Book, Joe Royle and Dennis Tueart from the 1976 League Cup final - 40 years to the date before City’s meeting with Liverpool at Wembley - to get their memories of the game. We look ahead to two meetings with Liverpool and we catch up with Neil Atkinson from The Anfield Wrap to discuss the cup final.

After a tough week, Sam Roscoe is joined by the Manchester Evening News reporter Rob Pollard and Dan Burke from Typical City to discuss the ins and outs of the defeat to Tottenham. Inspired by Mark Clattenburg’s horror show of a decision, David Mooney’s been looking back at some of the worst refereeing calls made to Manuel Pellegrini’s City. We preview the coming matches with Chelsea and Dynamo Kiev in the FA Cup and Champions League respectively. Howard Hockin explains why the ticket price issue is easy to solve, but wonders why it’s all got out of hand.

After a disappointing display against Leicester, David Mooney is cheered up by the Independent’s Chief Football Correspondent Mark Ogden and The Sunday Post’s North West Football writer Adam Lanigan. City haven’t won against the top six this season - Sam Roscoe investigates why that is, while we also take a look ahead to the now crucial fixture with Tottenham. We catch up with Tom Davidson, an analyst at Football Manager, to find out how their simulation has City finishing the season. We also look at who might be in and out of the door when Pep Guardiola arrives and the implications of the FA Cup fixture with Chelsea being played on the Sunday evening.

David Mooney is joined by Kieran Clarke and Typical City’s Dan Burke to discuss the week just gone - and what a week it’s been. City’s victories over Aston Villa and Sunderland are given the going over, while Paul Dickov speaks to Rob Pollard about Kelechi Iheanacho. Sunday Mirror Chief Football Correspondent Simon Mullock gives his reaction to the news that Pep Guardiola will be in the City dugout next year, while we look ahead to a crucial top-of-the-table clash with Leicester on Saturday. Howard Hockin talks about making history.

David Mooney is joined in the studio by fellow host Sam Roscoe for a Blue Moon Podcast special - as Pep Guardiola is confirmed as taking over from Manuel Pellegrini at the end of the season. We hear from the Manchester Evening News sports reporter Rob Pollard with his reaction, Joe Crilly from bookmakers William Hill gives us the latest transfer odds following the announcement, and Pol Gustems from Catalunya Radio - and Barcelona fan - explains what City fans can expect to see tactically from the Blues next season.

After a rollercoaster week for Manchester City, Sam Roscoe is joined by Kieran Clarke and ESPN’s Jon Smith to talk through throw ins, penalties, how well Raheem Sterling did to keep the ball in, and refereeing decisions. David Mooney speaks to another Jon Smith, who represented Emmanuel Adebayor in his move to City, to find out more about agents’ roles in transfers. We look ahead to crucial games with Aston Villa and Sunderland, and Howard Hockin takes on modern football, those against it and those against those against it.